5 Colegate Drive, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4DP

5 Colegate Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4DP). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in April 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £514,000 sits 144.8% above the 2009 sale of £210,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£141/sq ft) was about 46.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.